Homie And The Jets

Been listening to Rich Homie Quan & Rich The Kid's Stay Down off 'n' on all day unable to determine whether it's bad meanin' bad or bad meanin' good. Luckily I got a problem solver but his name ain't revolver in the form of DJ Step One to remove Rich The Kid's verse from the song for me to see if that helps any. Free from any obtrusive cameos by trendy Migos underlings, I've now come to the conclusion that Stay Down is RHQ's equivalent of Biz Markie's infamous cover version of Elton John's Bennie And The Jets. Take flight below:

Rich Homie Quan - Stay Down (Martorialist Edit)
(From Audiomack; 2016)

What is love?

Diana Ross famously reckoned love is a hangover that requires no hair of the dog, whilst Suga Free once described it as a condition which amounts to "nothin' but 2 people feelin' sorry for each other then hittin' divorce court to pay child support to your baby's mother." Be it on your own heart whether you're a lover or a hater in the game of romance, but don't even front like the real Max Romeo ain't got a joint for every Valentine's Day from now to 2021.

"My bitch she nice behind the wheel
I be poppin' outta the window, I'm nicer with the steel"

Max B - I Gotta Have It
(From Wavie Crockett mixtape; 2008)

The Soundcloud Zone

F*ck the entire KanYesplaining think-piece industry and f*ck rap today. Hit it, Bernie...

Mr Fingers - Qwazars
(From Mr Fingers 2016 EP; 2016)



This is not a new world, it's simply an extension of what began in the old one when Larry Heard's 5 fingers of depth imprinted themselves over the top of rickety old Barry Manilow 12" singles. Just when mankind had made space on the dancefloor to shuffle, Mr. Fingers returns to launch shuttles into deep space and explore the House Every Wormhole hypothesis.

Spice - Born Wid It
(From Seanizzle's 90's Don Dada Riddim; 2016)



From the sensual to the sexual, Uranus to ur anus, we travel back from deep space into deep punani. Location: a throwback riddim in Jamaica. Mission: to find a needle eye in a haystack. Enter Grace Hamilton - Earth's missing link between Shabba Ranks and Razzle Romps.

Hat tip to Drake

It's not a proper year in rap if someone doesn't beatjack Boyz-n-the-Hood; Trina held down 2015 with F*ck Boy, and Boone's Pop A Perc has 2016 in the bag already even though it technically dates back to late november. File this under ‘songs that can only be remixed by Jackie Chain or Ezale’:

Boone - Pop A Perc
(From YouTube; 2015)


Pop A Perc as translated into image form:



*Kayslay voice* ONLY A PHILLY RAPPER COULDA DONE THIS, YO!

Tonite's probably not the night

It ain't that I'm impatient, it just seems a trifle unfair that you Atlanta rap stans can get mixtapes from Future and Young Thug every other month, but us Oakland rap mavens can't even get Ezale's Day Ones song five months after he first posted a snippet of it on Twitter. How's Ezale #GoneBringThisTownShitBack when he's becoming the Jay Electronica of Oakland in terms of productivity as a recording artist?

A lil' detective work reveals Day Ones is a World's Freshest production and it's set to appear on a Tonite Show album Ezale & DJ Fresh are set to drop late february/early march. Potentially, this could be the best Tonite Show since DJ Fresh teamed up with Mozzy in 2013, but as exciting as that notion is I'd settle for Day Ones dropping tonight instead because I ain't heard a new rap song I've really liked since Hard For by Kevin Gates.

Gleaming The Wave

If you're out here tryna experience maximum Waviness after recent events, here's the CDQ MP3 of Max B's grandiose debut single, as ripped from the promo CD. Uploaded the instrumental too so we can all marvel at how Arkatech Beatz flipped that sample from Pleasure's Farewell, Goodbye. 274 lbs? Baby that ain't piff! Why You Do That in 360 kbps? Baby, that's the shit!

Generic list post: great songs on rap albums that are far from great 2

In lieu of the last post being about Jeezy's That's What's Up and Gucci Mane's Muscles N My Hand, here's a sequel to the great songs from not-so-great albums generic list. Not sayin' all the albums these songs hail from are entirely worthless per se, more that these songs shine like the proverbial sun, moon & stars on those mediocre albums they call home.

Newcleus - Programmed 4 L.O.V.E (2009)
Yo Gotti ft. Stuey Rock - Single (2012)
L.A's Own Billy The Kidd AKA Defari - Say It Twice (2000)
Davy D - Have You Seen Davy? (1987)
G-Eazy ft. Starrah - Order More (2015)
Beanie Sigel & Freeway ft. State Property - Live In Effect (2010)
Yukmouth ft. Sauce & Mac Dre - Get Stupid, Go Dumb (2004)
Nice & Smooth - Lockdown (1997)
The Game ft. 2 Chainz & Rick Ross - Ali Bomaye (2012)
Laroo & The Jacka ft. Matt Blaque - Dip W/U (2009)
Group Home - Stupid Muthafuckas (1999)
Kokane ft. Too $hort - Rhyme Slow (1999)
Curren$y ft. August Alsina & Lil' Wayne - Bottom Of The Bottle (2015)
The New Style - Scuffin' Those Knees (1989)
Lil' Tip, Shorty K, Lil' J & Crooked I - Ashes To Ashes (1998)
Big Sean - Paradise (Extended) (2015)
Cocoa Brovaz - Tools Of The Trade (2002)
Bubba Sparxxx ft. Killer Mike & Cool Breeze - Claremont Lounge (2006)
Azealia Banks - Miss Amor (2014)

Rap songs that aren't on YouTube but really should be # 16

Last time I checked I was a stan for Jeezy's pre-fame equivalent of Gucci Mane's Muscles N My Hand where he zinged real hip hopper's hoopties over the top of a synthetic-substitution of Pumpkin's drums from Spoonie Gee's Love Rap. What a pity no one else seems to be given the song's conspicuous absence from YouTube.

Young Jeezy ft. Mykel - That's What's Up
(From Come Shop With Me double album; 2003)


Mykel's hook on That's What's Up was so impeccable, Mac Dre may have liberally nicked it a year later. Is it within the realms of possibility that Dre could have heard an early Jeezy deep cut or is it simply a case of great minds tap into the same ripple of cosmic unconsciousness? "I guess we got the same dreams or is it the same nightmares" 4 real?